Comments on: Guest Post: Judging Others

By: Jessica Brogdon

Jessica Brogdon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:59:11 +0000

I feel my heart pounding and my eyes prickling with tears as I recognize my own sin in your story, T.J. Father, forgive me for trying to take over Your job…and thank you, thank you, that I don’t have to.

By: Krista Sanders

Krista Sanders — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:22:59 +0000

So wise and so vulnerable. Lord, help me too.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:48:14 +0000

I don’t believe there’s a person alive who hasn’t been guilty of this. Christ has called us to forbear with one another in love. This doesn’t necessarily mean to keep silent. But that when we speak, we speak in love and for the good of all concerned, even the good of the one doing the evil deed at the time. But we cannot do that if we are unforgiving toward them. One thing that will help us to be forbearing and forgiving of another is to remember we have been forgiven of much. He who has been forgiven much, loves much. We have been forgiven of much. We just need to realize that more and more.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:16:28 +0000

I read this a few days back, and it has stuck with me. You have a gift for telling stories, TJ.

By: TJ Wilson

TJ Wilson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:43:28 +0000

R & MOTL – thanks for your comments, for agreeing with the difficulty of not judging – such a clear command from Christ. And J – wow, I love your mom’s way of turning your thoughts. And best of all, you remember it today. Blessings!

By: Renae

Renae — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:38:37 +0000

What a wonderful mother you have, Jeanette!

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:30:50 +0000

I agree, this is one of the hardest things.

I remember when I was a kid/teenager, we would start yackety-yakking about something or somebody, and my mother would finally say something like, “But think how he must feel…” and she would go on to present an entirely empathetic set of possibilities about the situation to the point that I could have cried for the person we had been discussing. I often think back on that and realize what a wonderful example she set for us in helping us to look at things in a better way. She somehow was able to make us feel like that other person for a little bit, and it changed our outlook entirely. I would like to learn to follow her example better.

By: mother of this lot

mother of this lot — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:32:16 +0000

Not judging others is one of the hardest things we are asked to do, I think.

I’ll pray for strength for your friend, TJ.

By: Renae

Renae — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:22:41 +0000

Thank you, TJ. What a perfect example. We are never qualified to judge another person, because we never know the entire story, do we? I guess that’s why we should leave the judging to God, and focus on doing OUR jobs, – loving people.